The IGX Thor Developer Kit has the fastest Ethernet of all NVIDIA developer kits. Its ConnectX-7 adapter has 2x QSFP112 200GbE ports. nvidia.comnvidia.com ↗“ConnectX-7 (2x QSFP112 200GbE)”
NVIDIA developer kits by maximum Ethernet speed nvidia.com +5nvidia.com ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=200GbE”nvidia.com ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=100GbE”nvidia.com ↗“QSFP28 4x25GbE, 5GbE RJ45”developer.nvidia.com ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=25GbE”nvidia.com ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=10GbE”nvidia.com ↗“io.max_ethernet_speed=1GbE”
| Developer kit | Group | Max Ethernet | SFP/QSFP ports | Ethernet details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IGX Thor Developer Kit | IGX Developer Kits | 200GbE | 2 | ConnectX-7, 2x QSFP112 200GbE |
| IGX Orin Developer Kit | IGX Developer Kits | 100GbE | 2 | ConnectX-7, 2x 100GbE |
| IGX Thor Developer Kit Mini | IGX Developer Kits | 25GbE | 1 | QSFP28 4x25GbE, plus 5GbE RJ45 |
| Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit | Jetson Developer Kits | 25GbE | 1 | — |
| Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit 64GB | Jetson Developer Kits | 10GbE | — | — |
| Jetson Orin Nano Super, AGX Xavier, Xavier NX, Nano and TX2 Developer Kits | Jetson Developer Kits | 1GbE | — | — |
Notes for a multi-lidar prototype:
- IGX Thor Developer Kit: It also comes with an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q GPU already installed. It's rated up to 5581 FP4 TFLOPS (sparse) and has 128GB LPDDR5X memory plus 96GB GDDR7. - IGX Orin Developer Kit: This is the next step down, with 2x 100GbE ConnectX-7 ports. nvidia.comnvidia.com ↗“ConnectX-7 2x 100GbE” nvidia.comnvidia.com ↗“pre-installed RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q dGPU; up to 5581 FP4 TFLOPS (sparse), 128GB LPDDR5X plus 96GB GDDR7”
- Jetson kits: The fastest is the Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit at 25GbE. It also supports Holoscan Sensor Bridge. developer...developer.nvidia.com ↗“Holoscan Sensor Bridge, JetPack 7, for humanoid/robotics prototyping”
These are the maximum Ethernet speeds for each kit. Whether one link can carry all your lidar streams depends on their combined data rate, which I haven't checked against these figures.